Nutrition product information: from ingredient to finished product
A worksheet and worked change example linking ingredient specifications, formulation, finished-product records and product information.
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Nutrition and supplement products
Connect ingredient information, finished-product specifications and the evidence behind a nutrition-product statement.
From ingredient to finished product
A finished product brings together ingredient identity, amount, formulation, processing, packaging and storage. A certificate or supplier specification for an ingredient answers a different question from a result for the finished batch. A useful review records where each item applies and how the records connect.
Three records to compare
Ingredient record: identity, source, specification, method and change notification.
Manufacturing record: formulation, process, in-process controls and the finished-product specification.
Product information: composition, intended use, directions and statements presented to customers or professionals.
Check that names, amounts, units and versions are consistent across all three. Where a statement relies on published evidence, identify whether it concerns the same ingredient form, amount, population and conditions of use.
Worked review
Suppose a supplier changes an ingredient carrier while retaining the same commercial ingredient name. The review should not stop at the name. Record whether the specification, analytical method, processing behaviour, finished-product composition, stability information or evidence link is affected. Assign who will approve the change and update product information if needed.
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Describing the purpose of a health product
A blank worksheet and worked example for defining a health product's configuration, users, setting, input, output and intended action.
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Manufacturers, ingredient suppliers and specialist service organisations can contribute a non-confidential manufacturing or information example. State the product type, the records involved and the question that would benefit from shared work.